Receptacle or case for containing rolls of perforated music.



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905,242. 4 I Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. SIBLEY, OF LONDON ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '1, 1908.

Application filed. September 24, 1907. Serial No. 394,387

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES THURSTON SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles or Cases for Containing Rolls of Perforated Music, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles or cases for containing rolls of perforated music such as employed in con nection with mechanical piano players.

The present invention has for its object to provide a receptacle so constructed and arranged as to greatly facilitate the removal of the roll therefrom.

To effect the above object the receptacle is so constructed that upon opening the same the roll Wlll be so exposed as to be easily extracted without turning the box over.

In order that the invention mav be the better understood drawings are appended in which I Figure 1. is a view of the one form of receptacle closed. Fig. 2. is a front view the receptacle being open and the roll'removed. Fig. 3. is a transverse section of Fig. 2. showing the roll being discharged therefrom.

In carrying the invention into effect I employ a receptacle of oblong form of such dimensions as to freely acconnnodate the roll. The receptacle is in two parts of which 1. is the lid and 2. the body, the said lid being secured to the body by means of a strip 3. of cloth, paper or other suitable flexible material, which strip is secured to the inside of the lid along the lower edge of the back thereofand also to the body running along the inside of the upper edge of the. back of said body. l p

The lid comprises a top 4. and a back 5. to which, as aforesaid, the strip 3. is secured and ends 6. Secured to the inside of the ends 6. are blocks of wood'or other material of a height somewhat greater than one half of the depth of the lid and provided with transverse recesses 8. adapted to receive the pivots of the roll. The blocks are secured upon one side to the end of the lid and at their upper ends to the top of the lid a suitable adhesive or other means being employed for this purpose. Running along the front of the lid is a narrow wall of a depth preferably equal to the height of the blocks 7. to which its ends may be secured. Itwill,

.however, be understood that the blocks are only required. when the box is designed to contain rolls having pins at the ends as before described. When the roll is not so provided the blocks would be omitted and the length of the boxw-would be correspondingly j reduced. The body of "the receptacle comprises a bottom 10, ends 11. and a back 12, the length of the body is such as to enable it to contain thelid when the receptacle is closed as shown in Fig. 1." A tab 13. is provided upon the lid for the convenience of raising the same.

The roll w when in the receptacle rests upon the bottom of the body, the pivots of said roll lying in the recesses 8. When the tab-is grasped and the lid raised the body 2. is allowed to fall under the weight of the rolland the pivots upon said roll are clear of the recesses 8. the roll itself being received by thebottompart of the box being supported in the other hand, the parts then occupying the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The roll may, however, be removed with equal readiness by placing the box upon a table or other support and the lid is raised by means of the tab, leaving the roll in the bottom portion of the box, from which it can be readily removed. Only one hand in this case is required to efiect the various operations of opening and removing the roll.

' It will be seen that with a receptacle such as thatabove described not only can the removal of the roll be easily and rapidly accomplished, but the amount of handling to effect its removal is reduced to a minimum and consequently the chances of damage to the roll are also reduced.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is 1. A rectangular receptacle for rolls of perforated music comprising a lid composed of a top and one side and two ends all rigidly connected together, and a body portion comprising one side, a bottom and two ends all rigidly connected together, and a hinge connecting the side of the lid and the side of the body portion together said lid fitting within the body when the receptacle is closed so that the ends of the lid and body overlap.

2. A receptacle for rolls of perforated music comprising a lid composed of a top,

one side and two ends, a transverse block secured to each end of half the height of said my signature in the presence of the two 1111- ends and havlng recesses thereln t0 recewe derslgned \vltnesses.

the plvot the nmsle roll, and a body por- JAMES T. SIBLEY- 1011 colnpnslng one srde, a bottom and two ends, and a hlnge connecting the side of the I \Vxtnesses:

lid and the side of the body portion together. \V. J. Nolzwoon,

In witness whereof I have hereunto afiixed G. F. VARREN. 

